Education

M.Sc. Economics and Business Administration (Aarhus School of Business,1992)

Graduate courses (Oregon State University, 1990)

B.Sc. and M.Sc. Economics and Business Administration (Aarhus School of Business,1989)

Background and Facts

Dr. Pernille Eskerod, born 1966, is full professor and senior researcher at the Department of Business and Management, Webster Vienna Private University.

Project stakeholder management has been her core focus within research since 2010. Further, she works currently on research projects within the effects of green/sustainability certifications, change management, internal and external consultancy, temporary organizations, managerial innovations, and collaboration and coordination within projects.

Since 2014, a part of her research has focused on tourism and service industries. She conducts research with Hilton Hotel Austria. In 2016, she spent three months with Webster Thailand in Bangkok. In January 2017 she attended the 6th Annual Tourism Forum in Thailand. In addition, she served on the committee for a master thesis on hotel development. Her current research is on third-party sustainability certifications within the hotel industry.

Pernille Eskerod has authored more than 100 publications, including academic journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers. She has published in the three leading journals within her main field: International Journal of Project Management, Project Management Journal, and International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. Further, in 2015 she was the lead guest editor of a thematic special issue of Project Management Journal on project stakeholder management. She is on the editorial board of International Journal of Project Management.

Pernille Eskerod has published more books and several book chapters in peer-reviewed books offered by international and well-respected publishers e.g. Gower. The book, Project Stakeholder Management, which she has authored together with associate professor Anna Lund Jepsen, University of Southern Denmark, was on Gower’s Top20 bestseller list in 1st half of 2013.

Pernille Eskerod has undertaken more international research projects. In 2005-2007, she was Denmark’s national lead on the international research project (PMValue), which was the biggest research initiative ever carried out by the global association Project Management Institute. In 2012-2015, she was principal co-lead together with associate professor Dr. Martina Huemann, WU Wien, of the international research project Rethinking Project Stakeholder Management which is partly funded by Project Management Institute. From 2011-2016, she was undertaking a Scandinavian research project on coordination within projects in the engineering consultancy industry with NTNU in Trondheim, Norway and University of Southern Denmark. In all three projects, she has been leading a team of junior researchers and assistants.

During her 20+ years in academia, Pernille Eskerod has been teaching at all levels, i.e. bachelor, master, PhD levels, and in executive education. Further, she has done plenty of thesis supervisions. To engage students in learning processes and to disseminate her research-based knowledge stay close to her heart.

Pernille Eskerod has attracted research funding from competitive applications submitted to international funds, incl. EU Regional fond and the global but US-based organization Project Management Institute. Further, she has attracted research funding from the government as well as industrial associations in Denmark. In addition, she has attracted research funding from case study partners in form of private and public companies.

Pernille Eskerod acts often as speaker, organizer, discussant and reviewer at international conferences, e.g. Academy of Management, Decision Sciences Institute, European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS), European Academy of Management, Nordic Academy of Management, International Research Network on Project Organizing and Project Management Institute. More of her conference papers have been selected for special issues.

During her academic career, Pernille Eskerod has paid great attention to knowledge exchange between the academic community and the business community, and most of her research is based on empirical studies, mainly case studies, but also surveys, e.g. a survey on coordination in multi-partner projects in the engineering consultancy industry in Denmark and Norway in cooperation with University of Southern Denmark and NTNU in Trondheim, Norway.

Pernille Eskerod has served on several assessment committees internally and externally. Since 2008, she has been faculty member at the WU Executive Academy in Vienna. In 2013-2014 she was visiting professor at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business (invited by Dr. Martina Huemann). In 2010, she was visiting professor at Stevens Institute of Technology in the USA (invited by Dr. Thomas Lechler). In 2013 and 2014, she visited Drexel University, Philadelphia (invited by Dr. Frank Anbari). In 1997, she was a visiting scholar at Umeå School of Business and Economics, Umeå University, Sweden (invited by prof. Dr. Rolf Lundin).

Before joining Webster Vienna, Pernille Eskerod had various positions at University of Southern Denmark. In 2008-2014 she was full professor with special duties within project management. Prior she was appointed as assistant professor (1995-1998) and associate professor (1998-2008).

Eskerod, P. (2014). Synergies from International Research and Teaching Cooperation with the Same Partners. Presentation and participation in roundtable discussions within the theme of Fostering International Teaching and Research Collaborations at the Academy of Management 2014 Annual Meeting, 1-5 August, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Eskerod, P. (2013). Reciprocity and Perceptions of Justice in Public Participation Processes – a Case Study. Proceedings for the 9th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Eskerod, P. (2000). Managing Virtual Projects in the Project-oriented Society. Proceedings for the EUROConference I, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria.

Damgaard, T. & Eskerod, P. (1998). Enhancing the Competencies in SME’s through Networking. Proceedings for the conference RENT XII: Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Lyon, France.

Eskerod, P. & Östergren, K. (1998). Bureaucratizing Projects? On the Standardization Trend. Proceedings for the conference IRNOP III: The Nature and Role of Projects in the NEXT 20 Years: Research Issues and Problems, Calgary, Canada.

Eskerod, P. (1996). The Human Resource Allocation Process When Organizing by Projects. Proceedings for the conference IRNOP II: Aspects of Society and Business Organized by Projects, Paris, France.

Eskerod, P. (1994). Attitudes and Behaviour in a Multi-Project Environment. How Meaning and Action are Controlled by Metaphors in our Project World. Proceedings for the Austrian Project Management Day 1994, Vienna, Austria.